. Biggle garden book; vegetables, small fruits and flowers for pleasure and profit. Gardening; Vegetable gardening. PREPARATION OF THE LAND. A GOOD LAND-ROLLER COMPACTS AND SMOOTHS water then runs into the furrows, allowing the ridges to dry off more rapidly, permitting of earlier work- ing in the spring. Prop- erly drained or tiled land seldom requires ridging. (Ridging or hilling or banking cel- ery, etc., is a different operation.) Fertilizing and Manuring.—See Chap- ter IV. Harrowing. — The Acme harrow is a very good general-purpose smoothing harrow. The spring-tooth harrow is helpful on r
. Biggle garden book; vegetables, small fruits and flowers for pleasure and profit. Gardening; Vegetable gardening. PREPARATION OF THE LAND. A GOOD LAND-ROLLER COMPACTS AND SMOOTHS water then runs into the furrows, allowing the ridges to dry off more rapidly, permitting of earlier work- ing in the spring. Prop- erly drained or tiled land seldom requires ridging. (Ridging or hilling or banking cel- ery, etc., is a different operation.) Fertilizing and Manuring.—See Chap- ter IV. Harrowing. — The Acme harrow is a very good general-purpose smoothing harrow. The spring-tooth harrow is helpful on rough, stony, un- even land. The spike-tooth, or peg-tooth, is a splen- did all-round harrow (but it should be so made that the teeth can be given a backward slant when it is desired, to work recently-planted potatoes or corn). Harrowing should follow plowing as soon as pos- sible in the spring, and be very thorough—lengthwise, crosswise and diagonally, until the ground is as fine and mellow as an ash heap. The disc harrow is an excellent implement for spring work on fall-plowed ground, and for other special purposes. Plank Drag, or Roller. — After harrowing, smooth or "float" the ground with some kind cf a home-made drag, or roll it with a field roller. (See several illustrations in this chapter.) Then the soil should be in compact, excellent condition A HOME-MADE PLANK fo^ marking and planting, for DRAG FOR SMOOTHING , . , ^, -,iV LAND which see Chapter Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia, W. Atkinson Co. , 1912
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